प्रियदर्शिका नाटिका (सम्राट हर्षवर्धन - चतुरङ्क शास्त्रीय नाटिका सान्वय सटीक)

Śl. 8. घनरुद्धघनो०--This epithet is श्लिष्ट; the śl. having a side-meaning; see I. 5 supra -(1) covered or occupied by a dense line of clouds; (2) hidden from view by the compact or closely hemmed in prison walls. Sreekr. takes गगने in the sense of the dark prison (गगनसदृशे तमसा नीले चारके); in this case घन will mean well secured by the close fastened prison doors. मानसं-- (1) the lake Mánasa* on mount Kailása, to which swans are described as migrating at the approach of the monsoon; see Meg. I 11; Ragh. XIII. 60, (2) the mind. मानसमेतुं--cf. मानसमुपैति दैवं नियमता राजहंसीव । Rat I. 9. राजहंस--(1) A swan; (2) the best of kings, Vatsarája. Fig. अप्रस्तुतप्रशंसा. स्वप्नुं न ददासि--For a similar use cf. बाष्पस्तु न ददात्येनां द्रष्टुं चित्रगता- मपि Śak. VI. 22 लज्जैव कर्तुं न ददौ Kád. p 289. रात्रिंदिवं--A Dwandwa comp. the nasal added to रात्रि is by निपातन (irregular), see Pán. V. 4. 77; यदा प्रभृति--निद्रा न ददौ--Vidu.'s fondness for sleep is often referred to by poets, cf. Śak. II. रात्रावपि निकामं शयितव्यं नास्ति । He sometimes betrays the secret of his master and thus puts more impediments in his way by his prattlings in sleep, as here. Cf. in this respect his speech in the Mál. IV p. 83--विदू०-(उत्स्वप्नायते) भवति मालविके &c For an instance of prattling in sleep comp. the scene wherein Vásava- dattá sleeps in Bhása's Sva. Vas. V. Śl. 9. अभिनव--Now, hitherto unknown. क्षिप्ता--hurled into, i. e caused to be suddenly or forcibly smitten by passion. वामकेन--Káma is represented as वाम acting perversely, as making a person love one that is unattainable. Cf. रात्रौ कामः किल कामः Daś. Ch. , and वाम कामो मनुष्याणां &c Rámá. Sund. K. XXII. 4, where the Com. says वाम क्रूर इत्यर्थः । सव्ये क्रौर्ये सुन्दरे च वामः इति कोश । मधुकरिका--Sans poets represent even a female bee as longing for the company of her lover and enjoying amorous sports; cf. Kum. III. 36, and एषापि कुसुमनिषण्णा ......भवन्तमधुरतया प्रतिपालयति मधुकरी &c. Śak. VI. 19. उत्ताम्यति &c.--Cf. for the same thought differently expressed Mála.'s words नाथ मां पराधीनां त्वयि गणय सन्तृष्णाम् । Mál. II. 4 Herein also we have the अप्रस्तुतप्रशंसा as Vása.'s longing for the king is indicated by implication. अहो--expresses astonishment at the skill shown by Vása. in playing on the Víná and at her proficiency in singing. वादित्रं-- Performance or playing on the lute; fr. वाद् and the Unádi affix

• So called being created by Brahmá with his mind. कैलास- पर्वते राम मनसा निर्मितं परम् । ब्रह्मणा नरशार्दूल तेनेदं मानसं सरः ॥ Rámá.